Augmented Ops
Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen developers, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. We equip our listeners with the knowledge to understand the latest advancements at the intersection of manufacturing and technology, as well as actionable insights that they can implement in their own operations. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform.
Episodes
April 10, 2024 • 28 mins
This week’s guest is Matt Lowe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwlowe/), Co-Founder and CEO of ZeroKey (https://zerokey.com/).
Not only is he a contributor to major open source projects like Linux and Arduino, Matt is the inventor of Quantum RTLS, a system that uses ultrasound to achieve 3D position tracking of objects with an unmatched level of fidelity. He explains what makes ultrasound-based positioning systems ideal for manufactur...
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March 27, 2024 • 36 mins
This week’s guest is Dominik Obermaier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobermai/), Co-Founder and CTO of HiveMQ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/hivemq-gmbh/).
With over 10 years of experience serving on the MQTT technical committee and helping organizations build their data foundations using HiveMQ’s MQTT platform, Dominik shares his deep expertise on the technology. He explains what makes MQTT such an important communications proto...
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March 13, 2024 • 31 mins
This week’s guest is Jay Lee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-lee-116ba59/), Director of the Industrial AI Center at the University of Maryland (https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-maryland/).
Dr. Lee shares his experiences from the early days programming machines with punch cards, to eventually developing advanced machine learning applications for industry. He explains how AI and ML are reshaping manufacturing, the workf...
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February 28, 2024 • 26 mins
This week’s guest is Alex Krüger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-krueger/), Co-founder and CEO of United Manufacturing Hub (https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-manufacturing-hub/), or UMH.
Alex shares his journey from working on integration projects in consulting fresh out of college, to founding UMH and building an open source alternative to the offerings from incumbent vendors. He breaks down the role of the open sourc...
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February 14, 2024 • 26 mins
This week’s guest is Vatsal Shah (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsal12/), Founder and CEO of Litmus (https://www.linkedin.com/company/litmus-automation/).
Vatsal discusses his journey from an automation engineer at Rockwell, to building a new industrial data platform from the ground up after becoming frustrated with the limitations of the offerings from established vendors. He discusses manufacturers’ exodus from on-prem to cloud s...
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Episode 130: Democratization, Gen AI, and the Future of Industrial Analytics with Seeq’s Lisa Graham
January 31, 2024 • 29 mins
This week’s guest is Dr. Lisa Graham (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisagraham2/), CEO of Seeq (https://www.linkedin.com/company/seeqcorporation/).
Dr. Graham discusses her journey from process engineer, to using Seeq’s platform as a customer, and now leading the company as CEO. Drawing on her extensive experience in operations, she discusses how advanced analytics, generative AI, and the emergence of an interoperable technology ecos...
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January 17, 2024 • 35 mins
This week’s guest is Jeff Winter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyrwinter/), Sr. Director of Industry Strategy for Manufacturing at Hitachi Solutions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachi-solutions-america/).
Jeff offers his insights into the history of the Industry 4.0 movement and how he expects it to evolve in the coming years. His discussion highlights the balance between AI and human ingenuity, the role of frontline wor...
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January 3, 2024 • 24 mins
This week’s guest is Joachim Hensch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-hensch-consulting), Founder of Joachim Hensch Consulting (https://www.joachimhensch.com/) and former Managing Director of the Hugo Boss factory in Izmir, Turkey.
Hensch shares invaluable lessons learned about digital transformation through his over three decades of experience working in the apparel industry in roles from the shop floor all the way to manageme...
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December 6, 2023 • 26 mins
This week’s guest is Lior Susan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorsusan/), founder of Eclipse Ventures.
With the digital transformation of critical industries like manufacturing now at the forefront of many nations’ economic priorities, Lior discusses the role that venture capital can play in helping drive this change. He addresses the growing importance of integrating IT and OT in industrial settings, and how technology can be use...
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November 15, 2023 • 22 mins
This week’s guest is Dr. Jörg Gnamm (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerggnamm/), Senior Partner & Global Head of Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Practice at Bain & Company (https://www.bain.com/).
In order to successfully transform their business, Jörg calls on manufacturers to take a systemic approach to technology adoption by enabling interdisciplinary collaboration, and focusing on use cases that drive value for the business. He d...
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November 1, 2023 • 23 mins
Our guest this week is GSK’s Mark Buswell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markbuswell), VP of Quality Tech. Mark draws on over two decades of experience in pharma manufacturing as we explore the challenges of quality control in the industry.
Our discussion sheds light on the hurdles of adopting emerging technologies in regulated industries as Mark presents his vision of how to enable 'Quality by Design' with new tech and methodologie...
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October 18, 2023 • 20 mins
Our guest this week is Microsoft’s Erich Barnstedt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erich-barnstedt-9a84685), Chief Architect Standards, Consortia & Industrial IoT, Azure Edge + Platform.
Erich brings his perspective as we try to get to the bottom of why–despite overtures from some of the biggest vendors in the space–we still have not achieved true data interoperability in the manufacturing industry. We explore what really goes on behi...
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October 4, 2023 • 22 mins
Our guest this week is Diego Tamburini (https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegotamburini/), Category Manager for Manufacturing for the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace.
We explore what the modern manufacturing software landscape looks like from the consumer and vendor perspective, and take a deep dive into what software providers can do to enable an open, interoperable tech stack for manufacturers. We also highlight the importance of col...
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September 20, 2023 • 22 mins
Our guest this week is Antonio Padovano (https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniopadovano/), Assistant Professor at the University of Calabria.
In this conversation, we discuss the failures of practically implementing Industry 4.0 on the shop floor, and his vision for how we can address these with a new approach that respects both humans and technology.
Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen de...
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August 23, 2023 • 41 mins
In this special episode, Trond introduces Natan Linder, CEO of Tulip and co-author of Augmented Lean, as the new host of Augmented Season 4. Trond and Natan review four great interviews from 2022, and Natan previews what’s to come in 2023–with new episodes that go beyond interviews to include brainstorms, debates, and the occasional stream of consciousness.
Augmented Episode 74: DMG MORI's Digital Lean Journey (https://www.augmente...
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August 9, 2023 • 30 mins
Efe Erdem, Executive Director of the MEXT Technology Center takes us on a journey through Turkey's manufacturing landscape and its pivotal role in advancing digitalization across the MENA region. We delve into the motivation behind establishing the MEXT Technology Center, its unique approach in providing end-to-end services to manufacturers, and the impact of their initiatives on digital transformation in various sectors, including...
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July 26, 2023 • 36 mins
Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. The topic is Industrial Design. Our guest is Kimberly Andersson, Head Of Design at Tulip Interfaces.
The conversation between Trond and Kimberly revolves around the topic of design, particularly in the context of industrial software and digital tools for manufacturing processes. Kimberly shares ...
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July 12, 2023 • 70 mins
Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers.
The topic is: Digital Manufacturing in the Cloud. Our guest is Jon Hirschtick, Head of SaaS, Onshape and Atlas Platform, PTC.
In this conversation, we talk about the story of SolidWorks, using agile methods, listening to the market, charting the evolution of CAD into SaaS, and its emerging and fu...
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June 28, 2023 • 38 mins
In episode 117 of the podcast, the topic is manufacturing. Our guest is Jessica Yen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-yen-49753019/), Head of Customer Success at Tulip (https://tulip.co/).
In this conversation, we talk about how it's interesting to see that changes are happening in manufacturing but that these changes aren't fast. It's a moving target, manufacturing, but certainly, complexity is there.
The Augmented podcast is c...
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June 14, 2023 • 33 mins
In episode 116 of the podcast, the topic is: The Market of Marketplaces. Our guest is Jason Ray (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontray/), Co-Founder and CEO of Paperless Parts (https://www.paperlessparts.com/).
In this conversation, we talk about the importance of implementing a growth mindset in manufacturing, procurement, and industrial supply chains.
The Augmented podcast is created in association with Tulip, connected frontline...
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